X, the social media platform owned by Trump megadonor Elon Musk, is promoting Trump campaign-curated content to all U.S. users, regardless of whether they have opted out of Trump-related content.

On the platform formerly known as Twitter, banner ads for the Trump campaign donning the #Trump2024 tag appear for all U.S. users, even those who’ve blocked words, topics, and hashtags related to the candidate or his campaign or muted the advertiser.

Additionally, the #MAGA tag displays an edited image of the former president from his attempted assassination and the #Trump2024 hashtag displays an American flag.

It is unclear whether the Trump campaign paid for the images on the #Trump2024 and #MAGA tags, though an advertisement for the tag on the site’s trending page reads “Promoted by Team Trump.” As Mashable noted, it is the first time the platform has enabled the image feature to promote a specific political candidate.

Clicking the Trump2024 tag also prompts American flag graphics to flood the screen.

You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments
131 points

If you still have a Twitter account, you are a piece of shit. That goes for everyone of you

permalink
report
reply

Most of the world doesn’t know or care about US politics. X is a hellish platform though that does crack on pro-Palestinian users.

permalink
report
parent
reply
12 points

If you don’t care about US politics then don’t use an American Nazi’s website

permalink
report
parent
reply

Way ahead of you. I got banned from Twitter before Elon even bought it for a joke on the biased representation of Arabs in media. It has gotten worse since then.

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

i got rid of mine shortly after he officially owned it but i used to follow a lot of certain people on nitter for a long time but the past year or so ive even been doing that less and less because i don’t care about it anymore

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

I don’t ever use it to think to delete it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

👍

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

A bit harsh I think

permalink
report
parent
reply
13 points

Is it? I don’t think anyone gets a pass on supporting a nazi.

permalink
report
parent
reply
-11 points

OMG A GUY IS DONATING MONEY TO A POLTICAL CANDIDATE!!!

permalink
report
parent
reply
13 points

Nah it’s fine

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

I should change my name to INHALE_BEEF

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

It’s really not.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points
*

Damn I just got back from twitter… It really changed in the past month it’s all political stuff and I never used twitter to research politics I’m not even American I’m a Canuck but maybe that is close enough.

Moral of the story: I agree with you

permalink
report
parent
reply
-7 points

I still have a Twitter account. I mostly watch the cess pit argue with each other and to keep up with the latest misinformation.

But even that is growing tiresome.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Technology

!technology@lemmy.ml

Create post

This is the official technology community of Lemmy.ml for all news related to creation and use of technology, and to facilitate civil, meaningful discussion around it.


Ask in DM before posting product reviews or ads. All such posts otherwise are subject to removal.


Rules:

1: All Lemmy rules apply

2: Do not post low effort posts

3: NEVER post naziped*gore stuff

4: Always post article URLs or their archived version URLs as sources, NOT screenshots. Help the blind users.

5: personal rants of Big Tech CEOs like Elon Musk are unwelcome (does not include posts about their companies affecting wide range of people)

6: no advertisement posts unless verified as legitimate and non-exploitative/non-consumerist

7: crypto related posts, unless essential, are disallowed

Community stats

  • 3.5K

    Monthly active users

  • 2.6K

    Posts

  • 41K

    Comments

Community moderators